Canadian adaptation of the Newest Vital Sign©, a health literacy assessment tool
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The first italian validation of the most widespread health literacy assessment tool: the Newest Vital Sign La prima validazione in italia dello strumento per valutare la health literacy più usato al mondo: il Newest Vital Sign
Objective. This work represents the first attempt to validate, for the Italian population, the most widespread health literacy assessment tool: the Newest Vital Sign (NVS). Design. The UK version of this tool was adapted for Italy using a translation/back-translation process. A web-based survey was then administered to a multidisciplinary panel of experts to assess its face validity. Finally, a...
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عنوان ژورنال: Public Health Nutrition
سال: 2018
ISSN: 1368-9800,1475-2727
DOI: 10.1017/s1368980018000253